[Jewelry making - Article 00155] - Re: [Orchid] Casting spider?

[Hratch Babikian]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

Dear Karen

    sorry but No, it will not work the way you picture it in your head.
    those graceful legs and the beautiful coloration, well I used to try
    and do the same as you did, I don't anymore. I have tried every
    possible way, to capture that grace and beauty, in the end it has
    been disappointment after another, the closest I have come is with
    the silicone molds, but still no cigar. 

    I am sorry ;but enjoy her while she is around, and let her go... I
    have one of the same in my front door, well she started there, she
    moved to the railing,and as she got bigger her web also got bigger
    and now resides between the front window, the railing and door,about
    14 inch web she about an inch and half in diameter, I did get sad
    reading your email made me realize that she would die at first frost,
    I was thinking she would migrate inside... 

    I have done a lot of insects from preying mantes to the regular fly,
    they all loose all that ,and become this piece of metal, which is to
    me a far cry from the beautiful being. 

    I have seen some amazing things done by metal smiths and sculptors
    in fabrication mode making things and carving things completely out
    of solid metal or wax. 

    maybe you could hold onto her as you model and work from her under a
    scope and fabricate and carve her. 

just an opinion
good luck
Hratch

Atelier Babikian
P.O.box 54147
Philadelphia , PA.19105
215.465.9351
www.Hratchbabikian.com

____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________